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But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and… — Rowan Atkinson
A lot of these kids I think are more content just to be on Facebook and the computer than they are to actually go out.… — Dave Attell
People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. — David Attenborough
In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel… — Chinua Achebe
We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and it's not an… — David Attenborough
It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species. — David Attenborough
Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost… — Chinua Achebe
Natural history is not about producing fables. — David Attenborough
You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about. — David Attenborough
Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware that you are not treating… — David Attenborough
The whole of science, and one is tempted to think the whole of the life of any thinking man, is trying to come to terms… — David Attenborough
I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel like, I will go to… — David Attenborough
It's extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. The things that people always go on about is, 'tell us about us', 'tell us about the first… — David Attenborough
People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly clearly. Periodic famines are due… — David Attenborough
The most extraordinary thing about trying to piece together the missing links in the evolutionary story is that when you do find a missing link… — David Attenborough
Very few species have survived unchanged. There's one called lingula, which is a little shellfish, a little brachiopod about the size of my fingernail, that… — David Attenborough
My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So,… — Lee Atwater
People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their… — Chinua Achebe
I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in… — Chinua Achebe
Some of our earliest writing, in cuneiform, was about who owes what. — Margaret Atwood

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